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<blockquote data-quote="91Wreck" data-source="post: 112340" data-attributes="member: 680"><p>I used to believe that our bowl struggles were simply of function of all the extra time opponents have to prepare for our offense. And while I still believe that is partially true, I am beginning to lean now toward another possibility. I think we struggle on offense in bowl games because our offense, more than others, is built on precision, timing, and repetition. During the long layoff between games, our offense gets "rusty". Our blocking isn't as crisp, the B-backs aren't as quick to the hole, and we are hesitant in our reads. Simply put, we don't play well because we aren't the finely tuned machine we were at the end of each season. </p><p></p><p>Here are our opponents and points scored in each bowl game:</p><p>LSU - 3</p><p>Iowa - 14</p><p>Air Force - 7</p><p>Utah - 27</p><p>USC - 21</p><p>Ole Miss - 17</p><p></p><p>I am fairly certain that in each game our opponents held us to fewer points than their average season PPG allowed - with the one exception possibly being the Utah game. I think we aren't scoring not because of what other teams are doing right defensively but what we aren't doing right offensively. And I don't think it is an easy problem to fix.</p><p></p><p>However, I have been converted. I am now a true believer in this offense. It got us 10 wins in what should have been an 8 win season at best. If the price we have to pay for that type of success is a poor showing in the bowl games, then so be it. The defense is just going to have to step up <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="91Wreck, post: 112340, member: 680"] I used to believe that our bowl struggles were simply of function of all the extra time opponents have to prepare for our offense. And while I still believe that is partially true, I am beginning to lean now toward another possibility. I think we struggle on offense in bowl games because our offense, more than others, is built on precision, timing, and repetition. During the long layoff between games, our offense gets "rusty". Our blocking isn't as crisp, the B-backs aren't as quick to the hole, and we are hesitant in our reads. Simply put, we don't play well because we aren't the finely tuned machine we were at the end of each season. Here are our opponents and points scored in each bowl game: LSU - 3 Iowa - 14 Air Force - 7 Utah - 27 USC - 21 Ole Miss - 17 I am fairly certain that in each game our opponents held us to fewer points than their average season PPG allowed - with the one exception possibly being the Utah game. I think we aren't scoring not because of what other teams are doing right defensively but what we aren't doing right offensively. And I don't think it is an easy problem to fix. However, I have been converted. I am now a true believer in this offense. It got us 10 wins in what should have been an 8 win season at best. If the price we have to pay for that type of success is a poor showing in the bowl games, then so be it. The defense is just going to have to step up :) [/QUOTE]
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